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In wintertime, sheep use them as shelter from the prevailing wind, but when that brings snow, it can also bring trouble. Like stone chameleons, the field walls around here sink into the ground, take on the toned hues of the earth, and morph against the hills. Dry stone walls are quite a feature of the Yorkshire scenery, especially here in West Yorkshire, where thousands of miles of stacked sheet stone criss-cross the landscape in patterns that seemingly stretch to eternity. S

This is a typical example of how I achieve my compositions. The radar is always switched on for combinations of design elements, such as ...

Seven great tips for painting from photographs.

Seven useful tips for developing your own compositions.

Orange, Pisa. Acrylic on paper 19 x 28cm approx In this #painting I wanted to pull the #design together through the use of strong connected #colour. The car and background building were already similar in hue, so I didn't have much to do in terms of alteration, but it's a good example of being switched on for #composition when out and about. We were actually dragging large suitcases across the rattling streets of #Pisa, when I noticed the colour of the car echoing the colour

If you’re new to painting or maybe you don’t paint at all but love #art, you might be intrigued to know how artists create their work. If you already paint you will no doubt be eager to read on and maybe pick up a few tips. "Often my subjects are captured from places and angles that you wouldn’t be able to erect an easel". What Makes A Painting? Composition is the arrangement of shapes and elements that form a harmonious assembly. It begins with shapes but there is far mor